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Mach4 Videos / Re: Creating an M6 Toolchange in Mach4 (Part 3)

« on: May 01, 2017, 04:03:50 PM »

Thats quite a good point, since creating that script I have moved on to using vfd and spindle etc so it could do with a revamp. I see what I can muster up ;-)

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: accessibility of lua functions?

« on: April 30, 2017, 01:45:08 PM »

You will need to declare your functions in the Screen_Load_Script this will make it available at all objects within the Gui except the Lua Panels

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: List of Inputs and Outputs

« on: April 28, 2017, 05:09:00 PM »

Look in the Mach4Hobby docs directory at the Mach4CoreAPI.chm and look in the section for Signals.

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: how can I access a button-action from script?

« on: April 27, 2017, 12:01:32 PM »

The Load GCode Action will already close any open gcode and toolpath thenload the new gcode and recreate the toolpath, so no other programming is required.

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait Inside a macro

« on: April 23, 2017, 03:37:17 AM »

I have mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait working in many macros, normaly an error in a macro will cause the macro to not be compiled at runtime, this in turn will mean that the m code will be skipped during operation.

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Using physical button to set Gcode for Tool Change

« on: April 23, 2017, 03:31:21 AM »

You may want to look at examples on the sigLib like the example in the Screen Load Script for mc.ISIG_INPUT1 / CycleStart, you can then create more to include your gcode with commands like

mc.mcCntlMdiExecute(inst, "G0G53X0Z0") or mc.mcCntlGcodeExecute(inst, "G0G53X0Z0")

For the feedrate you might want to check out the pokeys example for using an external pot  http://blog.poscope.com/mach4-tutorial-fro-using-analog-input/

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Simulate Probe Strike

« on: April 19, 2017, 04:41:36 PM »

Simulating a probe strike was very helpfull in designing some routines I done in lua without actually having to use my machine as a gineapig.

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Which is faster?

« on: April 16, 2017, 02:24:02 PM »

I would say both the same as they are both running from the core and the core.

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Screen load script question

« on: April 14, 2017, 05:48:36 PM »

So I have just read through this thread and puzzles me why you are trying to send the register name?? this will always stay the same if using the register plugin, you cannot change it.

In my own screen I use

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function GetRegister(regname)
    local hreg = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst, string.format("Custom_Gui/%s", regname))
    return mc.mcRegGetValueString(hreg)
end

function WriteRegister(regname, regvalue)
    local hreg = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst, string.format("Custom_Gui/%s", regname))
    mc.mcRegSetValueString(hreg, tostring(regvalue))
end
so just change string.format("Custom_Gui/%s" to the reg you are using string.format("iRegs0/%s" and all should work fine

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Code works in script editor but not from M code

« on: April 14, 2017, 02:07:59 AM »

Mach4 core will not allow you to home from an mcode,

DazTheGas